Title Đề-HSG- Huế 2020-2021.docx ✅

Your answers: 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Part 4: Questions 16-25 You are going to hear a lecture about the world's energy. For questions 16-25, listen carefully and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS to fill in each blank in the following summary. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (20 points). The world's energy can be broadly divided into two sources. The first sources, including fossil fuels and minerals, are (16.) __________ while the second sources, such as the winds, the waves and the sun, will last as long as the earth and the sun (17.) __________ most of this second source category remains (18.) __________. Scientists said most energy is produced today by (19.) __________ hydrocarbon fuels. But we are still not sure how much fuel (20.) __________ has hidden in the earth. They predicted that between now and the year (21.) __________ the quantity of energy required by the world will (22.) __________ almost 10% of its proven recoverable fossil fuels. And they even said (23.) __________ of the fossil fuels will have been used up by the year (24.) __________. So it is time for us to think about the ways and means of producing (25.) __________ oil or gas. Your answers: 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (20 points) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 26. Who needs more than the __________ necessities of life? A. naked B. pure C. bare D. sole 27. The wanted criminal was that had been under __________ since his arrival. A. review B. consideration C. discussion D. surveillance 28. You have failed to pay the outstanding bill and, __________, we have been forced to take the matter further. A. finally B. consequently C. subsequently D. eventually 29. Don't make a(n) __________ decision. Think about it first. A. snap B. abrupt C. spontaneous D. carless 30. She __________ a few clothes into the case and hurried to the airport. A. shoved B. scattered C. piled D. heaved 31. He is always flying __________ the handle at the slightest thing. A. through B. around C. over D. off 32. Ansu Fati is a brilliant young footballer who is __________ the up and up. A. in B. through C. to D. on 33. A common cause of __________ is the use of untreated water in preparation for food, which is quite common in certain underdeveloped countries. A. displeasure B. dysentery C. eupepsia D. malnutrition 34. Unsalted butter is best for this recipe, but __________ that, margarine will do. A. except B. failing C. for all of D. given 35. It must be true. I heard it straight from the__________ mouth. A. horse's B. dog's C. camel's D. cat's 36. According to psychiatrists, many violent criminals harbor a feeling of __________ and insecurity. A. insufficiency B. shortage C. inadequacy D. scarcity
37. Thanks for lending me your umbrella; it really came in __________ A. used B. handy C. handful D. needy 38. I'd like to make __________ for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs. A. improvements B. corrections C. adjustments D. amends 39. According to the World Health Organization, __________ there to be an outbreak of any of the six most dangerous diseases, this could be cause for quarantine. A. were B. they were C. there were D. were they 40. No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $2500 can't be __________ of the mark. A. wide B. far C. broad D. distant Your answers: 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. Part 2: For questions 41-45, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the blank given. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. THE ART OF GIVING AND TAKING Gift exchange, which is also called (0) ceremonial (CEREMONY) exchange, is the transfer of goods or services that, although regarded as (41). __________ (VOLUNTEER) by people involved, is part of the expected social behavior. Gift exchange may be distinguished from other types of exchange in several respects: the first offering is made in a generous manner and there is no haggling between donor and (42). __________ (RECEIVE); the exchange is an expression of an existing social relationship or of the establishment of a new one that differs from impersonal market relationships, and the profit in gift exchange may be in the sphere of social relationships and prestige rather than in material advantage. The gift-exchange cycle entails (43). __________ (OBLIGE) to give, to receive, and to return. Sanctions may exist to induce people to give, disapproval or loss of prestige resulting from a failure to do so. (44) __________ (REFUSE) to accept a gift may be seen as rejection of social relations and may lead to enmity. The reciprocity of the cycle rests in the necessity to return the gift; the prestige associated with the appearance of generosity dictates that the value of the return be (45) __________ (APPROXIMATE) equal to or greater than the value of the original gift. Alongside its obvious economic functions, gift exchange is significant expression of social relations. Your answers: 41. __________ 42. __________ 43. __________ 44. __________ 45. ______ III. READING (60 points) Part 1: For questions 46-55, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (20 points). We all know that life on earth can be depressing at times, But if it's really (46) __________ you down, why not think about the possibility of moving to a different environment. It's assumed that by the year 2050 technological solutions will enable people to settle on other planets with a perfect potential for generating their own energy out of local (47) __________ However, there are plenty of (48) __________ to overcome until the first successful settlement on Mars, for example, is viable. Outer space is known to be a hostile environment with no oxygen to breathe and extremely low temperatures approaching absolute zero. The solar and cosmic (49) __________ can also prove to be lethal for fragile earthly organisms.